The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

Pruning at the wrong time stresses trees, leaves them open to disease, and can even break the law during nesting season. But ...

If you are thinking of planting deciduous fruit trees, now is the time to plan for this project. In the coming weeks, bare-root deciduous fruit trees will be arriving in nurseries. Unfortunately, in ...

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1 The phenology of leaf abscission and leaf flushing were studied in four populations of Quercus ithaburensis Decne., a deciduous oak tree, during four seasons in Israel. 2 Phenological variation ...